Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Tonga

Dentists per 10,000 people in Tonga in 2020 — 1.42 per 10k. Ranked 83 in the world out of 130. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 55.6%.

2020 1.42 per 10k −11.8% vs 2019
World rank 83of 130
Period maximum 3.2 per 10k2001
Period minimum 0.93 per 10k2010

Trend over time

2001–2020 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Tonga, 2001–202001234200120032005200720092011201320152017201920202001: 3.2 per 10k2003: 2.2 per 10k2009: 1.03 per 10k2010: 0.93 per 10k2013: 1.12 per 10k2019: 1.61 per 10k2020: 1.42 per 10k
Change over the period: −1.78 (−55.63%) Average annual rate: -4.19 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tonga

Tonga 1.42 per 10k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.04 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2020 1.42 −0.19 −11.8%
2019 1.61
2013 1.12
2010 0.93 −0.1 −9.71%
2009 1.03
2003 2.2
2001 3.2

Polynesia, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of dentistry personnel per 10,000 people, from WHO. Dentistry is set apart as a separate indicator because almost everywhere it is financed differently from the rest of medicine — more often out of personal funds — and provision of it is poorly predicted by overall provision of physicians.

Important: The World Bank database has no such indicator, so coverage here is narrower: 193 territories against 245 for nursing personnel.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.